# The Prisoner of Zenda — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope.

- [I: The Rassendylls—with a Word on the Elphbergs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/i-the-rassendylls-with-a-word-on-the-elphbergs.md): Rudolf Rassendyll, a young English gentleman of leisure, is chided by his sister-in-law Rose for his idleness and his red hair and long nose, which mark his family's scandalous connection to the royal House of Elphberg o
- [II: Concerning the Colour of Men's Hair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/ii-concerning-the-colour-of-men-s-hair.md): Rudolf Rassendyll travels from Paris to Ruritania, encountering Antoinette de Mauban on the train. He stops at Zenda, where he learns from the innkeeper and her daughters about King Rudolf V's upcoming coronation, the ri
- [A Merry Evening with a Distant Relative](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/iii-a-merry-evening-with-a-distant-relative.md): Rudolf Rassendyll, while walking through the forest of Zenda, falls asleep and dreams of Princess Flavia. He is awakened by Colonel Sapt and Fritz von Tarlenheim, who are astonished by his striking resemblance to the Kin
- [The King Keeps His Appointment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/iv-the-king-keeps-his-appointment.md): Rassendyll awakens to find the king drugged and unconscious. With the coronation hours away, Sapt and Fritz convince Rassendyll to impersonate the king in Strelsau. After a hasty shave and change into the king's uniform,
- [The Adventures of an Understudy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/v-the-adventures-of-an-understudy.md): Rassendyll, impersonating the king, arrives in Strelsau and is greeted by Marshal Strakencz and other dignitaries. He rides through the city, receiving cheers from the New Town but sullen silence from the Old Town, where

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- [The Secret of a Cellar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/vi-the-secret-of-a-cellar.md)
- [VII: His Majesty Sleeps in Strelsau](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/vii-his-majesty-sleeps-in-strelsau.md)
- [A Fair Cousin and a Dark Brother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/viii-a-fair-cousin-and-a-dark-brother.md)
- [A New Use for a Tea-Table](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/ix-a-new-use-for-a-tea-table.md)
- [X: A Great Chance for a Villain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/x-a-great-chance-for-a-villain.md)
- [Hunting a Very Big Boar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/xi-hunting-a-very-big-boar.md)
- [XII: I Receive a Visitor and Bait a Hook](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/xii-i-receive-a-visitor-and-bait-a-hook.md)
- [An Improvement on Jacob's Ladder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/xiii-an-improvement-on-jacob-s-ladder.md)
- [A Night Outside the Castle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/xiv-a-night-outside-the-castle.md)
- [XV: I Talk with a Tempter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/xv-i-talk-with-a-tempter.md)
- [XVI: A Desperate Plan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/xvi-a-desperate-plan.md)
- [Young Rupert's Midnight Diversions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/xvii-young-rupert-s-midnight-diversions.md)
- [XVIII: The Forcing of the Trap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/xviii-the-forcing-of-the-trap.md)
- [XIX: Face to Face in the Forest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/xix-face-to-face-in-the-forest.md)
- [The Prisoner and the King](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/xx-the-prisoner-and-the-king.md)
- [XXI: If Love Were All!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/xxi-if-love-were-all.md)
- [XXII: Present, Past—and Future?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prisoner_of_zenda_se/chapters/xxii-present-past-and-future.md)

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